Posted: 7/12/2013 7:34:05 AM EDT
| How do popups and other adware work? Some sites have them, others don't; do they invade the host's IP address or something? |
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They're two different things. A "pop-up" is the term for some code on a web page that automatically opens a new window with an advertisement. They're generally benign and simply an annoyance, no damage is done to your PC.
Adware/spyware is different. This is malicious software that either tricks you into installing it or uses a vulnerability in your web browser or other software to install itself without you knowing. Often they are designed to make themselves very difficult to remove and often make damaging changes to your operating system to accomplish this. |
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They're two different things. A "pop-up" is the term for some code on a web page that automatically opens a new window with an advertisement. They're generally benign and simply an annoyance, no damage is done to your PC. Adware/spyware is different. This is malicious software that either tricks you into installing it or uses a vulnerability in your web browser or other software to install itself without you knowing. Often they are designed to make themselves very difficult to remove and often make damaging changes to your operating system to accomplish this. So the Web site that sends me popups for, say, Netflix, has allowed NF to do this? How much does Netflix pay the web site for this service? |
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They're two different things. A "pop-up" is the term for some code on a web page that automatically opens a new window with an advertisement. They're generally benign and simply an annoyance, no damage is done to your PC. Adware/spyware is different. This is malicious software that either tricks you into installing it or uses a vulnerability in your web browser or other software to install itself without you knowing. Often they are designed to make themselves very difficult to remove and often make damaging changes to your operating system to accomplish this. So the Web site that sends me popups for, say, Netflix, has allowed NF to do this? How much does Netflix pay the web site for this service? Yes, it's a form of advertising and the company is paying for it. As to how much, it's usually dictated by how much traffic the site gets. |